Particular

What do we mean by particular?

Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal. adjective

Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional. adjective

Of, relating to, or providing details; precise. adjective

Attentive to or concerned with details or niceties, often excessively so; fussy. adjective

Encompassing some but not all of the members of a class or group. Used of a proposition. adjective

An individual item, fact, or detail. noun

A particular proposition. noun

(in particular) Particularly; especially. idiom

Of or concerning a part; pertaining to some and not to all; special; not general.

Individual; single; special; apart from others; considered separately.

Properly belonging to a single person, place, or thing; peculiar; specially characteristic: as, the particular properties of a plant.

Hence Personal; private; individual.

Having something that eminently distinguishes; worthy of attention and regard; specially noteworthy; not ordinary; unusual;notable; striking.

Attentive to or noting details; minute in examination; careful.

Containing or emphasizing details; minute;circumstantial; detailed: as, a full and particular account of an accident.

Peculiar; singular; standing out from what is general or ordinary, especially in the way of showing pointed personal attention.

Nice in taste; precise; fastidious: as, a man very particular in his diet or dress.

In logic, not general; not referring to the whole extent of a class, but only to some individual or individuals in it.

=Syn. 1–3. Separate, distinctive.

A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

A person's own individual case.

(chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

Words that are spelled similarly to particular:
particular, articular, particulars, particulate, pannicular, abarticular, vorticular, particulier, articuler, biarticular, participar.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word particular:
emphasis, significance, importance, interest, praise, concern, cultural, characteristics.

Words that rhyme with particular:
perpendicular, extracurricular, curricular, vehicular, testicular.

Adjectives that are often used to describe particular:
important, more, own, essential, last, single, smallest, latter, concrete, minute, little, minutest, least, bare, slightest, less, mighty, only, universal, unique, very, third, remarkable, interesting, mere, abstract, striking, vital, awful, curious, sensible, trifling, substantial, fundamental, pure, fourth, minor, ultimate, thick, familiar, affirmative, isolated, desirable, fifth, temporal, owne, finite, damned, characteristic, damn.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective particular:
case, interest, attention, type, importance, form, kind, group, problem, situation, area, point, cases, reference, circumstances, set, emphasis, person, class, moment, concern, significance, instance, needs, types, subject, individual, species, application, purpose, field, care, reason, context, object, aspect, country, situations, issue, interests, region, direction, individuals, job, product, kinds, event, pattern, community, relevance, task, occasion, piece, instances, characteristics, project, style, location, item, account, industry, mode, patient.

Words that sound like particular:
particular, particulars, articular, articulare, particularly, particulate, in particular, particularize, articulary, articul, piacular, bricoleur, articulo, particle, particles, pedicure, procure, prequel, prickle, curricular, prickles, pericles, oracular, reticular, pickler, partygoer, prequels, picul, precure, partyka, spicular.